At least 48 people, including women and children, were killed and 140 injured when two powerful blasts ripped through a Shia dominated area of the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the minority sect. (AFP)

At least 48 people, including women and children, were killed and 140 injured when two powerful blasts ripped through a Shia dominated area of the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the minority sect. (AFP)

Family members mourn the death of their relatives. A suspected suicide bomber attacked Shi'ite Muslims as they were leaving a mosque in Pakistan's commercial capital on Sunday, killing at least 45 people, in another signal Sunni militants are escalating sectarian attacks. (AFP)

Jinnah Hospital alone received 20 bodies and several seriously injured persons. Officials at Patel Hospital said they had received eight bodies and four more people succumbed to injuries in hospital. (AFP)

Police officials said the first blast was caused by explosives hidden in a car that was parked near the entrance of Abbas Town. Residents of Karachi said the explosion was heard from 10 km away. The bomb contained an estimated 150 kg of explosives and was packed with ball bearings, officials said. (AFP)